https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/courts-and-judiciary/ Recent content in Courts and Judiciary on ExcellentWiki - Legal Encyclopedia Hugo en-US Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/courts-and-judiciary/eu-court-system/ Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://legal.excellentwiki.com/eu/courts-and-judiciary/eu-court-system/ <h2 id="establishment-and-constitutional-foundations">Establishment and Constitutional Foundations</h2> <p>The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) is the judicial institution of the European Union, headquartered in the Kirchberg district of Luxembourg. It was established in 1952 under the Treaty of Paris establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and has been carried forward through successive treaties: the Treaty of Rome (1957), the Single European Act (1986), the Treaty of Maastricht (1992), the Treaty of Amsterdam (1997), the Treaty of Nice (2001), and the Treaty of Lisbon (2007). The CJEU currently operates under the provisions of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), as amended by Lisbon.</p>